Great thread! I am actively investigating using protonmail for all of my financial and similar work to replace Gmail.
I was setting up a new gmail account for this purpose (and was even going to use the GAPP - Google Advanced Protection Program). But my concern is how there is a lot of leakage of information all throughout the Google universe. For example, it will suck in contacts from all sorts of sources, even beyond email. I turned off the feature to automatically create such contacts. Oh yes, I recall now, I was deleting contacts and realized that there were some that couldn't be deleted. I "Googled" that issue and found it had been reported as a bug. So someday they may fix that. Point being that the need for this new email address I don't want my data to be exposed willy-nilly to the Google environment. I realized recently just HOW extensive my gmail/Google account is used for all sorts of devices around the house and elsewhere (smart speakers, televisions, etc). I really want to totally isolate my financial roles from these other tasks.
I was setting up a new gmail account for this purpose (and was even going to use the GAPP - Google Advanced Protection Program). But my concern is how there is a lot of leakage of information all throughout the Google universe. For example, it will suck in contacts from all sorts of sources, even beyond email. I turned off the feature to automatically create such contacts. Oh yes, I recall now, I was deleting contacts and realized that there were some that couldn't be deleted. I "Googled" that issue and found it had been reported as a bug. So someday they may fix that. Point being that the need for this new email address I don't want my data to be exposed willy-nilly to the Google environment. I realized recently just HOW extensive my gmail/Google account is used for all sorts of devices around the house and elsewhere (smart speakers, televisions, etc). I really want to totally isolate my financial roles from these other tasks.
Statistics: Posted by JohnFiscal — Fri May 24, 2024 12:06 am — Replies 10 — Views 2391